Whole Foods In Leeds: Good For You?
Are you a devotee of healthfoods and wholefoods? Do you sneer at rice that isn’t the correct shade of brown or red, know your millet from your amaranth and consider organic foods as being subtly inferior to biodynamically reared greens? If you’re going to be shopping in Leeds, a vibrant city in West Yorkshire in the North of England, and this describes you, then you’ll be needing a list of all the best wholefood and healthfood shops in Leeds, UK.
Are you a vegetarian or vegan who’s keen to source ethically traded foods and products? If so then the whole-food shop Out Of This World, found a little further on from Leeds market-house and the Corn Exchange, may be the emporium for you. Out Of This World makes an effort to stock FairTrade products such as wine and chocolate and has a wide range of vegan and vegetarian options. (Including tempeh, although somehow my other half and I always seem to have trouble locating it, and have to ask the assistant for help and advice. And yes, it’s always right there on the shelves when she points it out!) I would say that their prices are a little on the high side, but they’re a good ethically sound establishment with an excellent range (especially of fairtrade, organic and vegan chocolate), so well worth your patronage. (Their vegan chocolate slice is really amazing: my other half is totally addicted to it.)
Beano Wholefoods: Lament For A Great Little Wholefood Store
If you had asked me just a few years back, “What is the best whole-food and health-food shop in Leeds?” then the answer really would have been easy. The obvious answer would have been Beano, a well-known and well-loved shop in the centre of Leeds, stocking wholefood ingredients, baked goods and organic fruit and vegetables. Beano was a co-operative and a going concern for many years, but sadly closed its doors just a few months after moving premises a little further out of the centre of town from its previous home on New Briggate. It really was a little bit of a tragedy for independent business and whole-food lovers in the city. Cashflow problems have been speculated upon as the cause, but who knows. All I know is, never again will I have the opportunity to sample the Beano’s divine vegan apple and sultana cheesecake, and that truly is a minor tragedy!
Buying Meat with Your Wholefoods: A Good Mix?
Are you looking for a whole-food shop without an exclusively vegetarian and vegan bent? Somewhere where you can find ethically reared, wild and free-range meats, as well as the usual assortment of grains, pulses, flours, baked goods, vegetable and fruits? Millie's, on Vicar Lane in central Leeds may be just the thing for you. Situated near Asian supermarket Taste The Orient and a religious bookshop, this shop has a good range of both fresh and frozen ethically reared meat and dairy products. I will put a word in for the economy sized packs of sunflower seeds which are a good price, as are the mixed seed packs. A lot of their other items are a little on the steep side but the organic veg section is good and the shop itself is light, airy and pleasant. There is also a small deli-style section: herby olives, mmm!
Should we include the likes of Holland & Barrett on any list of the best whole-food and health-food shops in Leeds, UK? They're certainly a bit of a corporate behemoth in comparison to the small private enterprises of the aforementioned establishments. However it's interesting to make the comparison, and to consider what they do do well, and what on the other hand could be improved.
Buying At Wholefood Chain Stores?
Price does count in H&B's favour with regard to certain items (but then, they do have economies of scale to drive eye-catching price offers). Their once-a-week special discount offers for senior citizens have always been popular. For dried soya mince, whether flavoured or unflavoured, H&B is the place to go for a bargain. And it's always worth checking out their refrigerated section for stickered marked-down stock.
However many of their products and nutritional supplements are eye-poppingly expensive compared to other retail outlets. And when it comes to buying whole-food and health-food, many aficionados prefer a less commercialized environment.
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